Nonacquisitive Quotes & Sayings

Corruption exists because there is too much, not too little, market. — Ha-Joon Chang

No, the state is anything but the result of a contract! No one with even just an ounce of common sense would agree to such a contract. I have a lot of contracts in my files, but nowhere is there one like this. The state is the result of aggressive force and subjugation. It has evolved without contractual foundation, just like a gang of protection racketeers. And concerning the struggle of all against all: that is a myth. — Hans-Hermann Hoppe

Of the seven deadly sins, anger has long been the one with the best box of costumes. When the guy in the next car rages at you, he's dangerous. When you rage at him, you're just. We can usually recognize the results of anger, especially in others, as destructive and evil. — Frederica Mathewes-Green

It was really strange to see all these apes standing around eating popcorn, smoking, wearing sunglasses. — Estella Warren

When I go through the airport and see white women walking through the airport barefooted, like athlete's feet don't exist, there's something wrong. — Dick Gregory

I have never been a star; I'm just an old character bag. — Joan Hickson

The outstanding examples are still Cardozo's Nature of the Judicial Process18 — Richard A. Posner

I couldn't wait to start the day. — Gerald R. Ford

You have always been what you are. That's not new. What you'll get use to, is knowing it. — Cassandra Clare

Rage is a powerful energy that with diligent practice can be transformed into fierce compassion. However much we disagree with our enemies, our task is to identify with them. They too feel justified in their point of view. — Gautama Buddha

For several centuries Western civilization has had a drive for material accumulation, continual extensions of economic power, termed 'progress' ... The longing for growth is not wrong. The nub of the problem is how to flip over, as in jujitsu, the magnificent growth energy of modern civilization into a nonacquisitive search for deeper knowledge of self and nature. — Gary Snyder

The painter paints, the musician makes music, the novelist writes novels. But I believe that we all have some influence, not because of the fact that one is an artist, but because we are citizens. As citizens, we all have an obligation to intervene and become involved, it's the citizen who changes things. I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement. — Jose Saramago

There's more well-known artists who aren't making as good songs as people who are just coming out of nowhere. That seems to be more typical in the last few years than ever. — Beck

This has always been a small agency with a big mission. But these days, especially, we have to stand up every day, deliver value into the hands of small-business owners and get taxpayers the biggest bang for their buck so that we can help these job creators do what they need to do. — Karen Mills